Ed Markey actually said...

"I want to commend our Subcommittee Members, Scott Tipton and Paul Gosar, who are spearheading the effort to clear away these bureaucratic obstacles."

"This simple and commonsense solution means vast quantities of hydroelectricity, without a single new dam, and at a cost to the government of precisely nothing."

"It is truly mystifying that a nation suffering a prolonged recession... would adopt a willful and deliberate policy of obstructing construction of these inexpensive and innocuous generators."

"We know we will never have a hearing on the oil industry or the nuclear industry in this committee."